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Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
I’ve realized that parenting, for me, is managing guilt. Guilt about not doing enough, guilt about not giving my kids enough...just silly doubts in my mind that I need to silence from time to time.
Categories: Family Support
Disagreeing at an IEP meeting can be scary. But in order for your child to be successful, you have to know your rights. You must be a strong advocate for your child.
Categories: Education & Schools
Sometimes parents have to make waves to get the best education for their children - whether the school likes it or not!
Categories: Education & Schools
Many parents have questions about what to do when they are presented with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that they believe is not appropriate for their child.
Categories: Education & Schools
It’s easy to compare our lives and parenting to others and see things in an unrealistic light when we look from the outside in.
Categories: Family Support
It’s hard to parent a child with a disability in the best of times. We all know the toll it can take on us physically, emotionally, financially. But one of the hardest hit places may be in our marriages.
Categories: Family Support
People with disabilities, just like people without disabilities, need friends and activities and to belong to a community.
Categories: Family Support, Transition to Adulthood
My son was born with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (CP). His entire life we’ve been working under the assumption that this diagnosis was our primary focus. Until we discovered it wasn’t anymore.
Categories: Family Support
Doggie bags are not just for food anymore. Here are some tips on things you should not toss out when you leave the hospital.
Categories: Insurance & Financial Help, Family Support
As a trauma-informed parent, you are ready with the knowledge and understanding to help guide your child through their trauma and in the direction of healing.
Categories: Family Support